Tasos Kampouris Kanithou Indoor Hall

Tasos Kampouris Kanithou Indoor Hall, or Chalkida Indoor Hall (alternate spellings: Kabouris, Halkida; Greek: Δημοτικό Κλειστό Γυμναστήριο Νέας Ιωνίας), is an indoor sporting arena that is located in Kanithou, Chalcis, Greece.[1] It is named after Tasos Kampouris. The arena is mainly used to host concerts and basketball and volleyball games. The arena has 1,120 regular seats available, plus another 500 seats, which are located in the arena's amphitheater. The total regular seating capacity of the arena for sporting events is 1,620 people.

Tasos Kampouris Indoor Hall
Chalkida Indoor Hall
Full nameTasos Kampouris Kanithou Indoor Hall
LocationKanithou, Chalcis, Greece
CapacityBasketball:
1,620
Volleyball:
1,620
SurfaceParquet
Opened1996
Tenants
AGEH Gymnastikos
Ikaros Kallitheas
Kymis
Greece Women
Olympiacos Women

History

Tasos Kampouris Kanithou Indoor Hall has been used as the home arena of the Greek men's professional basketball clubs AGEH Gymnastikos and Ikaros Kallitheas. The men's professional basketball club Kymis, also used the arena to host its home games, when it played in the top-tier level Greek Basket League. The arena has also been used to host some of the EuroLeague Women home games of the Olympiacos Women's basketball team.

The arena hosted the 2002 World Wrestling Championships for Women, the 2003 HEBA Greek All-Star Game, and the 2016 FIBA Under-20 European Championship Division B. The arena was also used as a host venue by the senior Greek women's national basketball team, during the EuroBasket Women 2017 qualification, and the EuroBasket Women 2019 qualification.

Major events hosted

References
  1. Halkida Indoor Hall "Tasos Kambouris".


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